Comments on: Second Hand Smoke http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/ RANDOMIZE USR 0 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tammy Harris http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-22240 Tammy Harris Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:47:44 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-22240 <p>your blog is great 186 gratz!</p> your blog is great 186 gratz!

]]> By: Now this is hot Cocoa › Vacuous Virtuoso http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-10497 Now this is hot Cocoa › Vacuous Virtuoso Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:43:17 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-10497 <p>[...] finished. The real craze and controversy over Disco’s smoke is over1. Jonathan Wight was the first to write up an article on integrating the smoke effects into a third party Cocoa [...]</p> [...] finished. The real craze and controversy over Disco’s smoke is over1. Jonathan Wight was the first to write up an article on integrating the smoke effects into a third party Cocoa [...]

]]> By: Ankur http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-21896 Ankur Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:52:15 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-21896 <p>Thanks for making this known. I've had a lot of fun with the smoke.<br><br>However, it doesn't work when using the framework from Disco 1.0. I've taken another class-dump, but I can't beat the errors. Maybe I should've kept a copy of the beta version... Anyone got any ideas?</p> Thanks for making this known. I've had a lot of fun with the smoke.

However, it doesn't work when using the framework from Disco 1.0. I've taken another class-dump, but I can't beat the errors. Maybe I should've kept a copy of the beta version… Anyone got any ideas?

]]> By: Ankur http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-7624 Ankur Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:52:15 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-7624 <p>Thanks for making this known. I've had a lot of fun with the smoke.</p> <p>However, it doesn't work when using the framework from Disco 1.0. I've taken another class-dump, but I can't beat the errors. Maybe I should've kept a copy of the beta version... Anyone got any ideas?</p> Thanks for making this known. I’ve had a lot of fun with the smoke.

However, it doesn’t work when using the framework from Disco 1.0. I’ve taken another class-dump, but I can’t beat the errors. Maybe I should’ve kept a copy of the beta version… Anyone got any ideas?

]]> By: David http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2505 David Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:23:10 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-2505 <p>Never mind "novice users". Real world users, ie people who use computers to do useful things, rather than people who use computers to use computers, I think would find this pretty good. Maybe it would be fairer - and considerably less disingenuous - to compare with Toast. I don't Toast has got anything like "Discography".</p> Never mind “novice users”. Real world users, ie people who use computers to do useful things, rather than people who use computers to use computers, I think would find this pretty good. Maybe it would be fairer – and considerably less disingenuous – to compare with Toast. I don’t Toast has got anything like “Discography”.

]]> By: David http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-21895 David Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:23:10 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-21895 <p>Never mind "novice users". Real world users, ie people who use computers to do useful things, rather than people who use computers to use computers, I think would find this pretty good. Maybe it would be fairer - and considerably less disingenuous - to compare with Toast. I don't Toast has got anything like "Discography".</p> Never mind “novice users”. Real world users, ie people who use computers to do useful things, rather than people who use computers to use computers, I think would find this pretty good. Maybe it would be fairer – and considerably less disingenuous – to compare with Toast. I don't Toast has got anything like “Discography”.

]]> By: Kelvin http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 Kelvin Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:58:24 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-2448 <p>"Spandex is nothing special, it actually doesnt seperate large files, it just splits up the directories amoungst multiple discs… wupdidoo..."</p> <p>That's quite true but there's a certain derision in the post about how Disco is charging for features that are available free in Disk Utility. I think there's some value in the streamlined interface that does automatic spanning and indexing and automatically chooses the type of disc to be burned based on the context of the files being thrown at it.</p> <p>While most expert users would have no use for this I could see a lot of novice users finding a use for a utility like that (I don't know how many times I've had to explain that you can't just burn MP3s or VIDEO_TS folders as normal data CDs and expect them to work in the normal media players...)</p> <p>I think the main problem though is that demographic is one of the least likely type of users to look on the internet for a third-party shareware solution.</p> “Spandex is nothing special, it actually doesnt seperate large files, it just splits up the directories amoungst multiple discs… wupdidoo…”

That’s quite true but there’s a certain derision in the post about how Disco is charging for features that are available free in Disk Utility. I think there’s some value in the streamlined interface that does automatic spanning and indexing and automatically chooses the type of disc to be burned based on the context of the files being thrown at it.

While most expert users would have no use for this I could see a lot of novice users finding a use for a utility like that (I don’t know how many times I’ve had to explain that you can’t just burn MP3s or VIDEO_TS folders as normal data CDs and expect them to work in the normal media players…)

I think the main problem though is that demographic is one of the least likely type of users to look on the internet for a third-party shareware solution.

]]> By: Kelvin http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-21894 Kelvin Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:58:24 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-21894 <p>"Spandex is nothing special, it actually doesnt seperate large files, it just splits up the directories amoungst multiple discs… wupdidoo..."<br><br>That's quite true but there's a certain derision in the post about how Disco is charging for features that are available free in Disk Utility. I think there's some value in the streamlined interface that does automatic spanning and indexing and automatically chooses the type of disc to be burned based on the context of the files being thrown at it. <br><br>While most expert users would have no use for this I could see a lot of novice users finding a use for a utility like that (I don't know how many times I've had to explain that you can't just burn MP3s or VIDEO_TS folders as normal data CDs and expect them to work in the normal media players...)<br><br>I think the main problem though is that demographic is one of the least likely type of users to look on the internet for a third-party shareware solution.</p> “Spandex is nothing special, it actually doesnt seperate large files, it just splits up the directories amoungst multiple discs… wupdidoo…”

That's quite true but there's a certain derision in the post about how Disco is charging for features that are available free in Disk Utility. I think there's some value in the streamlined interface that does automatic spanning and indexing and automatically chooses the type of disc to be burned based on the context of the files being thrown at it.

While most expert users would have no use for this I could see a lot of novice users finding a use for a utility like that (I don't know how many times I've had to explain that you can't just burn MP3s or VIDEO_TS folders as normal data CDs and expect them to work in the normal media players…)

I think the main problem though is that demographic is one of the least likely type of users to look on the internet for a third-party shareware solution.

]]> By: Brad Choate http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-2438 Brad Choate Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:50:57 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-2438 <p>So can the amount and density of the plume be derived on a combination of memory and CPU usage? So once you have a couple of dozen tabs open in Safari, it should look like Rome burning?</p> So can the amount and density of the plume be derived on a combination of memory and CPU usage? So once you have a couple of dozen tabs open in Safari, it should look like Rome burning?

]]> By: Brad Choate http://toxicsoftware.com/second-hand-smoke/comment-page-1/#comment-21893 Brad Choate Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:50:57 +0000 http://toxicsoftware.com/blog/second-hand-smoke/#comment-21893 <p>So can the amount and density of the plume be derived on a combination of memory and CPU usage? So once you have a couple of dozen tabs open in Safari, it should look like Rome burning?</p> So can the amount and density of the plume be derived on a combination of memory and CPU usage? So once you have a couple of dozen tabs open in Safari, it should look like Rome burning?

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